Button.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

C. A. MURRAY.

BUTTON APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1904.

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NITED STATES Patented February 21, 1905.

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BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,381, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed August 19, 1904. Serial No. 221,374.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAUNOEY ALREN MUR- RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cumberland, in the county of Uinta and State of WVyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to buttons, and more particularly to that class that are combined with a fastener, the object being to provide a device of the character described wherein inexpensiveness and simplicity in construction is combined with durability and strength.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described that can be attached to a garment bymeans secured to the button and without the use of needle or thread, and also one that can be removed from one garment and secured to another without loss of time, cutting, or sewing.

The structural features of my invention by means of which these objects are attained will be made clear by an examination of the specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the front of the button. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

1 designates a U-shaped piece, to which is secured the button 2 by means of a shank or stem 3. The back of the U-shaped piece is cutaway, as shown at 4:, leaving a notch or kerf therein, and each of the two extending ends 5 is rolled into a circle, forming a socket, in which the extending pintles 6, formed integral with the lever 7, turn during the fastening or unfastening operation. This lever 7 is also provided with a plurality of teeth 8, which are formed integral therewith.

In operation the device is attached to a garment by raising the lever and inserting the cloth, at the point where it is desired to secure the button, between the jaws of the U-shaped piece and then pulling down the lever, which presses the teeth into the cloth. The device may be removed by pressing down upon the U-shaped piece at the point where the jaws thereof are joined, which action causes the cloth to press against the teeth and force them outward. It will be observed that when the button and fastener are in operative position the harder the strain on the button the deeper the teeth will sink into the cloth, thus holding the button more firmly and securely in place.

Having described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a stem curved upon itself forming a U, and having one end rolled upon itself to form tubes, and a lever pivoted on the stem by means of pintles inserted in the tubes, said lever having teeth, one of which is formed near the free end thereof by cutting away a portion of said lever and bending it at right angles therewith, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a stem curved upon itself forming a U, and having one end rolled upon itself to form tubes, and a lever pivoted on the stem by means of pintles inserted in the tubes, said lever having teeth one of which is formed near the free end of said lever by cutting away a portion thereof and bending it at right angles therewith, and a shank secured to the stem and having a button thereon, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, a

'stem curved upon itself to form a U, one end of the stem being cut away to form a notch or kerf, and having the ends of each side of said notch or kerf rolled to form tubes, a lever pivoted in the tubes by means of pintles projecting therefrom, said lever having teeth, one of said teeth being formed near the free end of said lever by cutting away a portion thereof and bending it at right angles therewith, the remainder of said teeth being arranged at the pivoted end of said lever, and a shank secured to the stem and having a button thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GHAUNCEY ALREN MURRAY.

Witnesses WM. BELL, SADIE CARNAHAN. 

